Sinking Sand: Why I am leaving United Methodism
By Mindy Dennison I was about 5 years old, sitting next to my mother in church when we came to the place in the service where we say the Lord’s Prayer. My mother looked down at me, a little taken aback, when I joined in the liturgy. I heard those familiar words...
An Unintentional Irish Pilgrimage
An Unintentional Irish Pilgrimage By Steve Beard September/October 2022 Of the more than 5,000 artifacts displayed floor-to-ceiling at The Little Museum of Dublin, few are more intriguing than a broken stained glass panel of Saint Brendan (484-577) hanging in a...
The Man Came Around: RIP Johnny Cash
By Steve Beard “We’ve seen the secret things revealed by God/ And we heard what the angels had to say/ Should you go first, or if you follow me/ Will you meet me in Heaven someday?” Johnny Cash wrote those lyrics many years ago for his wife, June Carter. The song is...
Local UM Churches Respond to Harvey and Prepare for Irma
By Walter B. Fenton Local United Methodist churches across the country have rushed to support people trying to get back on their feet after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. And they are already preparing to assist those in the path of Hurricane Irma. Along the...
In All Things
By Walter B. Fenton Surely the psalmist was using flood in a metaphorical sense when he cried out, "Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me"...
UMCOR Cleaning Kits for Houston
According to the Texas Annual Conference Disaster Response team, the best way to help victims of Hurricane Harvey are as follows. Monetary donations: These can be made directly to UMCOR Domestic Disaster Response, Advance #901670, at www.umcor.org If churches receive...
Texas floods force rescue of many
By Shannon Martin and Sam Hodges Aug. 27, 2017 | HOUSTON (UMNS) United Methodists ministers have been among those rescued from rising waters in Houston as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to bring catastrophic flooding to much of south Texas. The Rev. Vincent Harris, a...
Harvey floods hit Houston churches
By Sam Hodges August 28, 2017 | DALLAS (UMNS) From flooded buildings to pastors and other staff forced to flee their homes, United Methodist churches in south Texas grappled with a ruinous storm that wouldn’t go away.The Rev. Rudy Rasmus of St. John’s United Methodist...
